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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), emphasises a point during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 30). Standing beside him is Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), emphasises a point during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 30). Standing beside him is Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.

Market Hours Extended From Thursday To Saturday

Markets across the island will now open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from Thursday to Saturday. This is an extension of the restricted opening hours of 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., put in place by the Government as part...
(FILE) Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) Managing Director, Audley Thompson, speaking at the recent commissioning ceremony for a $7 million rainwater harvesting system installed at Enid Bennett High School in St. Catherine.
(FILE) Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) Managing Director, Audley Thompson, speaking at the recent commissioning ceremony for a $7 million rainwater harvesting system installed at Enid Bennett High School in St. Catherine.

Several Water Supply Projects Under Way
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left); Minority Leader in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Andrew Swaby (right), and a worker participate in the cleaning of a room at the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, in St. Andrew, today (March 30).
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left); Minority Leader in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Andrew Swaby (right), and a worker participate in the cleaning of a room at the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, in St. Andrew, today (March 30).

Golden Age Home And Infirmaries Cleaned And Sanitised
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point while piloting the Appropriation Act 2020 in the Senate on March 27.​
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point while piloting the Appropriation Act 2020 in the Senate on March 27.​

Retailers To Face Heavy Fines, Imprisonment For Price Gouging
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), outlines Coronavirus (COVID-19) safeguards being implemented by the Ministry to protect the indigent, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 23). Listening is Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who also addressed the press conference.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), outlines Coronavirus (COVID-19) safeguards being implemented by the Ministry to protect the indigent, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 23). Listening is Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who also addressed the press conference.

Government Allocates $140 Million For Councillors To Assist In COVID-19 Fight

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a COVID-19 Digital Town Hall, at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 26).
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Prime Minister Calls On Persons To Conserve Water

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on persons not to waste water as the nation continues its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). With schools out, children at home, workplaces reducing their opening hours and allowing employees to work from home, and citizens urged to wash their hands more often, which has increased the demand in water for...
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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses a recent sitting of the Council at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC).
Local Government

KSAMC Accepting Applications For Licences By Email

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is advising the public that all applications for barbers, hairdressers, beauty therapists, signs and billboards must now be submitted via email. “Applications must be sent to compliance@ksamc.gov.jm. What the compliance team will do is take the application and verify it and communicate back to the person the cost to be paid,” Mayor...
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Local GovernmentParliamentPrime Minister

PM Tables Second Disaster Risk Management Order

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (March 24), tabled the Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 2) Order, 2020 in the House of Representatives. The Order outlines the measures set out for removing or otherwise guarding against or mitigating the threats or effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the possible consequences thereof. They go into effect today...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal Government

Health Ministry Warns Businesses About Spraying Customers With Unknown Substances

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is strongly appealing to businesses to desist from spraying customers’ hands with unknown solutions in bottles, prior to allowing them to enter their establishments. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Director for the Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services Branch at the Ministry, Dr. Nicole Dawkins-Wright, said the practice is wrong and may...
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CoronavirusDevelopmentHealth & WellnessLocal Government

UDC’s COVID-19 Operational Changes Continue

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) wishes to advise the public that its daily operations for business at its Corporate Head Office and Subsidiaries, the St. Ann Development Company (SADCo) and Ocho Rios Commercial Centre (ORCC), will remain closed to the public in response to the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Critical activities including tenant and customer support as well as security,...
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